Flat Karlee

Karlee's 2nd grade class read the book, "Flat Stanley", about a child who is smashed flat and sends himself on a vacation in an envelope. They brought home a person made of paper to decorate and then had to send them off to some far away place for an adventure. When the "Flat" people came back to school they had lots of stories to tell. Karlee was really excited to send her "Flat Karlee" to Hawaii where my cousins, Joe and Paige Nemrow, live with their family. "Flat Karlee" was returned today and after seeing the pictures, I have to admit...I am contemplating flatening myself and sending myself on a little trip!

"Flat Karlee" went surfing and got to visit BYU-Hawaii! Karlee was really excited that "Flat Karlee" came back with sunglasses, a laie, and even her own surfboard!

I need to send a HUGE thank you to Paige for all the work she put into this! I knew that she would make it special for Karlee and I only wish she could have seen the smile on Karlee's face when she was telling me about it today. As a Mom, it was very special to see someone do something so meaningful for my baby! So, thank you so much to Paige, Andrew and Rebecca!! Welcome Home, Flat Karlee!

Run-a-Round!

This week was full of exciting events! Karlee and 4 of her friends participated in the school talent show. They have been practicing for weeks and I was so proud of how well they did! The five of them choreographed a dance, gymnastics, jump rope routine all by themselves! I thought it was so cute...but they were missing something...so I went out and found these matching High School Musical shirts for them (they did their routine to a High School Musical song). Shake your groove thing, girls!!


Rylee had another belt test in karate this week too! She was a little nervous, but did such a great job! She is now a white belt with a green stripe. She is not showing any signs of giving up on this activity! Don't worry though, she still insists on wearing bows and couldn't be more of a girl!

Jake had to fly out to Arizona for a day this week and we got to hang out at Chuck E. Cheese with the Clarks one evening. Last night we had a family pajama party and watched our new High School Musical 3 DVD together...even Aunt Brooke came over to party with us! We are keeping plenty busy and looking forward to a warm Spring on the way!

Nice Mask!

Tonight we had tacos for dinner, at the request of Karlee, and Spencer was more interested in the tortillas than anything else. He figured out tortillas make a better mask than dinner! Once he had his mask made...he was no longer interested in eating! Also, notice that Rylee and Audree are wearing their swimsuits...the high today was 39 degrees and I can't get those girls to keep their clothes on!! Happy Dinner!!

Snowed In!

Well...we weren't actually snowed in...but it would have been nice if we were!! This weekend was our annual trip to our friend's cabin in Heber. We are lucky to have friends who let the Nemrow crew take over their cabin for one weekend in the winter! It's the perfect escape with a hot tub, lots of snowmobiles, sledding hills galore and a warm fireplace inside!This year every member of the Nemrow family came up...even Brooke and the newest member of the family...Bristol!! Each time we go up the kids get a little older and the trip gets a little more fun! This year I personally went tubing down a cliff that should have killed me...but it was so fun and I am so sore!!

It's totally relaxing up there and I only wish the trip lasted a little longer...the kids have so much fun with their cousins and we drink more hot cocoa than should be humanely possible! There are hundreds of pics, but I think these 3 give you a good idea of what we were up to!